vande - I offer my respectful obeisances; śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devam - unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; tam - unto Him; karuṇā-arṇavam - who is an ocean of mercy; kalau - in this Age of Kali; api - even; ati - very; gūḍhā - confidential; iyam - this; bhaktiḥ - devotional service; yena - by whom; prakāśitā - manifested.

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He is an ocean of transcendental mercy, and although the subject matter of bhakti-yoga is very confidential, He has nonetheless manifested it so nicely, even in this Age of Kali, the age of quarrel.